When Fay Garmone made the decision to save Lee Yellen, it brought her to a new world. A world both amazing--and horrifying. Ensnared in the Morderer's Sacrifice, a trapping and trying competition forcing her to hide everything in fear of her life while enduring the terrifying wait for the first sacrifice to take place, she discovered there existed things she never believed possible. After revealing the truth to Gladdimir Kwiloz, she finds herself struggling with the task of learning everything she can about this world, but when her search for knowledge unearths more information about the Morderer's Sacrifice, including Jay Morderer himself, the competition takes a darker turn; the other team attempts to sabotage as they struggle to remain competing; Lee Yellen, her deadly rival, now has more dire reason to end her life; and a few new faces bring her deeper into the mystery of Evans, Firky, Lyda, and Darr, as well as dark truths going on behind the scenes of the game. But amidst the fear, even above her struggling family and living with her enemy, Fay faces her greatest battle as she may discover the one thing she cannot live without.